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Record Group Number: 000900
Series/Collection Number: .R SJUD
Creator: Florida. Legislature.  --Senate.  --Committee on Judiciary.
Title, Dates: Committee records, 1967-2011.
Amount: 163.00 cubic ft.
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Organization/Arrangement: By record type.
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Biographical/Historical:     In 1990, the Senate Committee on Judiciary (1990-present) became a standing committee with a permanent staff under the provision of Ch. 68-35, Laws.  The Committee reviews legislation on civil courts; judicial qualifications; probate law and procedures; family laws; uniform laws; tort reform; and other civil matters.  From 1968 to 1970, the Committee also handled criminal matters.  Since 1970, the Senate Committee handling civil judicial matters has been re-established under various names:  Judiciary-Civil (1970-1972); Judiciary (1973-1974); Judiciary-Civil (1974-1990); and Judiciary (1990-present).
Summary:     This series contains the records of the Committee on Judiciary-Civil (1967-1972, 1975-1990), Judiciary (1973-1974, 1991-2023), Select Committee to Investigate Crime and Law Enforcement (1967-1968), Select Committee on Litigation Reform (1997-1998), and Study Committee on Public Records (2002). The records include bill files, meeting files, and subject files. Records document legislation on civil courts, judicial qualifications, probate law, procedures, family laws, uniform laws, tort reform, and other civil matters. See Series S18: Senate Committee Records for R SJUD records from 2012 forward (if committee existed).
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Subject Access Fields: Court administration Florida
Civil law Florida
Government liability Florida
Bills (legislative records) aat
Added Entries Florida. Legislature.  --Senate.  --Committee on Judiciary-Civil.